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Members of Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, Texas, participate in a virtual town hall meeting with Pope Francis connected via satellite link from the Vatican Aug. 31. The meeting also included Catholics from Chicago and Los Angeles and was arranged and hosted by ABC News. (CNS/courtesy of ABC News)

Continue to keep a watchful eye as we ramp up coverage on the family in anticipation of the October synod. We will have stories from Argentina that focus on answering these two questions: What kind of families did Francis know? And what is family life like?

Also, look for stories published on Europe’s idea of family and a portrait of American Catholic family life.

So far, NCR has published commentaries (like this powerful piece from Patrick T. Reardon), opinions, news and feature stories ranging on topics from immigration to contraception to same-sex marriage to divorce and remarriage, all stemming from one single theme: just what exactly does it mean to be a family in today’s society?